Tanning consultant to beauty salon attendant
A tanning consultant already meets 51% of what the beauty salon attendant role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
51.2/ 100
1 How much of what a beauty salon attendant is expected to do is already part of a tanning consultant’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the beauty salon attendant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A beauty salon attendant role treats 9 of its required skills as things a tanning consultant already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- administer appointments
- apply company policies
- cosmetics
- ensure sanitation
- handle customer complaints
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A beauty salon attendant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tanning consultant background worth leading with.
- already held offer free samples of cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sell cosmetics communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage cleaning activities management skills
- already held recommend cosmetics to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held cosmetics services
- already held maintain personal hygiene standards management skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 9 the beauty salon attendant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn clean toilet facilities required
- still to learn restock toilet facilities' supplies required
- still to learn clean building floors required
- still to learn maintain work area cleanliness required
- optional, not held collect items for laundry service optional
- still to learn use laser therapy for skin conditions required
- still to learn greet guests required
- optional, not held assist guest departure optional
- still to learn maintain relationship with customers required
- optional, not held advise customers on usage of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held manage emergency evacuation plans optional
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held allocate locker space optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a beauty salon attendant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 clean toilet facilities practise this
- 02 maintain relationship with customers practise this
- 03 restock toilet facilities' supplies practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held administer appointments skill
- already held apply company policies skill
- already held cosmetics knowledge
- already held ensure sanitation skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held process payments skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held manage cleaning activities skill
- already held manage schedule of tasks skill
- already held offer free samples of cosmetics skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held recommend cosmetics to customers skill
- already held sell cosmetics skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held allocate locker space optional
- optional, not held collect items for laundry service optional
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held advise customers on usage of cosmetics optional
- optional, not held assist guest departure optional
- optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held manage emergency evacuation plans optional
13 held skills the beauty salon attendant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer spray tans skill
- not needed by the target role advise on tanning treatments skill
- not needed by the target role cosmetics ingredients knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role determine skin type skill
- not needed by the target role handle chemical cleaning agents skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role maintain equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage indoor tanning sessions skill
- not needed by the target role manage tanning operations skill
- not needed by the target role offer cosmetic beauty advice skill
- not needed by the target role skin types knowledge
- not needed by the target role tanning process knowledge
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn quality standards required
Common questions about this move
Can a tanning consultant become a beauty salon attendant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A tanning consultant already covers 51% of what a beauty salon attendant is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 9 of which the beauty salon attendant role treats as required.
What skills does a tanning consultant need to become a beauty salon attendant?
8 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is clean toilet facilities.
How hard is the move from tanning consultant to beauty salon attendant?
Its learning distance is 51.2 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.